Ahead of the Paris Olympics, police clear a migrant camp near City Hall
Time:2024-05-22 01:28:56 Source:entertainmentViews(143)
PARIS (AP) — French police evicted migrants from a makeshift tent-camp next to Paris City Hall early on Tuesday, the latest clear-out of people without homes that aid groups allege is a campaign to beautify the French capital ahead of the Summer Olympics.
In an operation that began before dawn, police woke around 100 teenage boys and young men from West Africa, telling them to pack their tents and belongings.
Paris police said the operation was carried out for security reasons, notably because the camp was near schools.
Paris-region officials told the men — many of them minors and in the process of seeking residency papers — that they could be housed temporarily for three weeks in the Loire-region town of Angers if they wished. A bus was waiting in a nearby street to take them first to a Paris-region transit center.
Only two or three men boarded the bus. Most of the others walked away, carrying their belongings. Some said they feared being left isolated and abandoned in Angers, 250 kilometers (150 miles) southwest of the French capital, once the three weeks of temporary accommodation run out.
Previous:Storms damage homes in Oklahoma and Kansas. But in Houston, most power is restored
Next:Brewers starter Joe Ross leaves after first inning vs. Marlins with lower back strain
You may also like
- Justin Timberlake set to bring his The Forget Tomorrow World Tour to Australia in 2025
- Yang Hengjun: Australian writer detained in China fears he will die in jail
- 3 Body Problem: Lawyer sentenced to death for Lin Qi murder
- Tourism in Brazil up 7.8% in 2023
- Tamara Ecclestone is criticised as her daughter Fifi, 10, heads out wearing heavy make
- Climate activist Greta Thunberg detained twice at demonstration in The Hague
- Police Minister admits NZ cannot compete with Australian recruitment offer
- Is it the right time to change careers? A consultant answers common questions
- Election 2024: Biden and Trump bypassed the Commission on Presidential Debates